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The MMSI meets this Friday, Oct. 5, at the usual time and place: 7:30 p.m., Oakton Community College, Des Plaines. Columbia College Chicago Professor Doug Reichert Powelll will tell the story of Maj. Jedidiah Hotchkiss, "Stonewall’s Mapmaker," whose cartographic work (preserved in the Geography...

The MMSI Meets THIS Friday, Sept. 7, and Don't Forget to Make Your Reservations for the Chicago Show Now! On tap this Friday when the MMSI meets at Oakton Community College in Desplaines: our own master modeler Dan Tisoncik discusses techniques for making water, snow, and ice! Bring your...

SEPTEMBER, 2017: Here are the latest updates to BoxDioramas.com, with a bounty of work featured at Chicago World Expo 2017, as well new additions from fans of the site. First up, and pardon the lack of modesty, but we start with the latest work from the editors of this site. My latest box, “The...

The MMSI Chicago Show is Coming Soon, Oct. 13-15! Make your plans now: register, book your hotel room and reserve a spot at the post-awards show dinner. Online Registration is Open Now; CLICK HERE. Click on the link above to register your exhibits in advance: $15 for MMSI members, $25 for...

We hope all of you had as much fun at Chicago World Model Expo 2017 as we had hosting you! In the weeks to come, the fantastic work displayed at Expo will be seen in special issues of magazines in Italy (Soldatini for the figures, and Model Time, Steel Art and Sky Models for the ordnance)...

Only 46 days to go now until Expo weekend, and your Chicago Steering Committee is working every day to make the show an incredible experience for all. We hope you are working hard to finish your exhibits and save your pennies to spend in the vendors area, but take a break in between to check out...

UPDATES AS OF APRIL 22, 2017 Hi all—We are only 75 days out now from World Model Expo Chicago 2017. The excitement is building, and we’ll have quite a few announcements for you in the weeks to come. Right now, we want to update you on the following: **** Expo needs you! We have created a...

Time for the semi-annual update to BoxDioramas.com! We have a bounty of riches to share from what we’ve collected over the last few months, as well as exciting new work that was shown at the MMSI Chicago show in October and the MFCA show in Valley Forge last Spring. To start, we have the newest...

World Expo Update Sept. 5 Announcing a special World Expo Raffle: Tickets are now available for a chance to win the incredible painting above of Elmer Ellsworth in 1861 by Keith Rocco. An accompanying figure will be produced by FeR Miniatures for exclusive sale via the Expo Web Site and at the...

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Pictured at the links below are the first two pieces that will be auctioned on Oct. 22 to benefit World Expo Chicago 2017: John Rosengrant's "Marines, Mud and Misery" and Dog Cohen's Capone-era hit man Big Jim Colosimo. In the weeks to come, we'll also be posting photos of the contributions from...

Book your room NOW for Chicago World Expo 2017! The response to Chicago World Expo 2017 is phenomenal! As you can see above, the Expo committee has been hard at work, and in the few weeks since we opened hotel and exhibitor registration, the response has been incredible! Our block of rooms at...

ONLINE REGISTRATION is now open for the Military Miniature Society of Illinois Chicago Show at the Marriott in Schaumburg from Oct. 21-23. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE NOW! Advance registration online provides several advantages: By paying in advance, filling out the information about your...

Hi All: We had a slight mix-up with the dates for this year's Chicago Show at the Marriott in Schaumburg: THE CORRECT DATES ARE OCTOBER 21-23, 2016, and reservations are open now by clicking the link below. Hope to see you there! Book your group rate for Military Miniature Society of Illinois...

MMSI Meets THIS FRIDAY, May 6 The program: Our award-winning modeler and MMSI member Dan Tisoncik talks about armor modeling. As usual, we'll meet at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines at 7:30 p.m., but we're in a different room this month:1550 (instead of 1604). Hope to see you there, and...

It’s a New Year, and there are some new additions to boxdioramas.com! First up, from the editors of the site on their gallery pages: as seen at the MMSI Chicago Show in October 2015, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” the latest by yours truly, with accompanying step-by-step article, and “Thursday...

Happy New Year, all! The next meeting of the MMSI is Jan. 8, THIS FRIDAY, at 7:30 p.m. at our usual location: Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines. Victor Mejias will talk about the 82nd Airborne, tactics, and the use of airborne forces. Hope to see you there!

The MMSI meets at 7:30 p.m. THIS FRIDAY, Nov. 6, at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines, 1600 E. Golf Road, Room 1604. On tap: Mike Bennett talks about Col. John Floyd, a Kentucky settler and militia leader at the time of the Revolutionary War. ALSO: The full list of awards from the 2015...

The MMSI meets THIS FRIDAY at 7:30 p.m. at Oakton Community College. Since our original program on the Miniature Thorne Rooms had to be rescheduled, we are revisiting one of our most popular evenings ever: "PUT A LID ON IT: MILITARY HEADGEAR" MMSI members are encouraged to bring a hat or...

A timely reminder: Make your reservations now for the MMSI 2015 Chicago Show, Oct. 23-25 at the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg. More info on our Web site, including a link to the discount room rate: http://www.military-miniature-society-of-illinois.com/new-page-1/ Show Chairman Pat Vess has...